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Pics? I have tjs on my 63. Just curious to see mine comp to yours
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Pics, Pics, we want pics! All the hard work you did you need to show off the fruits of your labor.

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I was wondering about that adapter. I had been wondering where the PCV valve was, it was in line, hoses were so tight together I overlooked it. Not having a sandblast booth, I wire wheeled it (and a number of other bits, and painted it with aluminum coloured rust paint. Should have all back together tomorrow except the distributor. I ordered an electronic conversion kit from Performance Improvements, should be in Tuesday. I will post a pic tomorrow of the PCV RD adapter once it is re-installed.
Thanks for noticin!

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That looks awesome. I am glad the truck I settled on has a 283, but I would have loved to have had a 6! Please be sure to put more pics up as you go, can't wait to see it in the engine bay:metal:

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tj springs?

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Very nice stance, I plan to lower my front end 2.5, but kind of want to leave the rear where it stands. I am older than my truck, so I like the rake look, mild rake mind you.

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I set it down after i cut the springs and before i did the rear and it looked pretty cool. I wish I would've taken a picture. It sits pretty level now.
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My son and I got the front clip just about disassembled today.

We'll finish it up tomorrow and blast the cowl parts and start the smoothing process.

Next up after that, is blasting and sanding the inner fenders and core support in prep for painting.

Steven

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I like the stance how's it ride? Did you change shocks? Mine seems to sit lower in the rear on the tj coils but I heard that there are different spring rates to tj coils depending on the model of jeep they came on
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very nice looking truck sir!

what are TJ springs?

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Yessir the tj model jeep wrangler has coil springs that aren't as heavily rated as ours and also are tapered allowing direct bolt in with the rear retainers allowing a 2 inch drop
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Well... you learn something new every day, especially when you are new in town like me! Thanks lwb66

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Here's mine after I cut the front but with the stock rears still on it
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Here it is with 1997 - 2006 tj coils and Monroe sensamatic shocks part #310000 the entire drop cost me 65 dollars and 2 hours

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It dropped mine about 4". Rides really good so far. Stock shocks too
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Finished tearing the old 230 down. Crank is clean and out. Cam is clean and out. Broke the cylinder glaze with a hone, then gave the block a good bath. Dried it off, then wiped the cylinders down with WD40.

Masked off the block for primer / base / clear.

Soaking the main caps now in parts cleaner, tomorrow I'll bolt up the timing cover and oil pan before paint.

After that I'll soak the pistons in parts cleaner and polish the crank.

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It was actually yester day, but, got the interior sprayed with clear coat and the exterior has its first coat of clear. Today plan on start putting interior back together. Wish I could post some pics of the 62 chevy but have not figured that part out yet.

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a37lesalle, to upload pictures, first click on "Post reply" when you do that if you scroll down you will see "Manage Attachments", click on that. In the new window click on "Choose File" Then locate the picture you want to upload on you PC. Then it goes back to the "Choose File" screeen, you can select another pic if you wish, or click "Upload", it may take a few seeconds to a minute depending on the number of pics, and the file size.
NOW, LET'S SEE SOME PICS!!!!

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I plugged my new intake, applied some "bling", painted engine compartment and tried to clean everthing up the best I could. Also replaced cap/rotor, re-ran fuel line, new fuel filter ect ect. Here are a couple before and after pics.

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Nice improvement!

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Installed the hood and did a little aligning.

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Pulled the original 235 and 4 speed.

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pulled the sh!%@y buckets out with their WOOD mounts!!:devil: and test fit the bench, was supposed to be a 67-72 but the mounting bolts are nowhere near the holes

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Forgot the pictures...

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went out to a local spot and popped some pics. check it out...these were my favs. Sorry, I like pics...

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You won't get any complaints from anyone on here for posting pictures! Well...unless you are posting F@rd pictures that is!

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:metal: I hate all fords
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I got the cowl covers all welded into one piece and started sand blasting them. I am going to cut out the cowl grill and smooth it next.

The pics turned out terrible. Will take more soon.

After smoothing I will start on the inner fenders and radiator support.

Steven

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lwb66, I love the black and white pic! Nice composition

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replaced my single pot master cylinder with a dual. New lines, hoses, cylinders and shoes. Nothing too thrilling, but it's what I did. ;-)

Man do I hate bleeding brakes. Do not buy the Mityvac 8500. It just doesn't work well for bleeding.

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Worked on more bodywork tonight, finished cab corner and outer rocker, seam sealed amd primed, next door guts back in then only the rest of the body, haha.

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If you're still having problems bleeding your brakes you might try this - providing you have the junk lying around that is. I did this on the company bucket loader and my 64 C10 & it worked great.
Cut a piece of plate that will just cover the top of your master cylinder, drill & tap a hole in the middle of the plate to 1/4" pipe thread, Clamp the plate to the master cylinder using a couple of small C clamps or light chains with long threaded bolts that will fit between the chain links & nuts and cinch down, install a small regulator & gauge with a quick connect, run an air hose from your compressor to the regulator and set the regulator to 10 PSI MAX!! Start bleeding your system but don't let the master run dry. Check it often.

I know, if you can't get your hands on all the junk needed to do this it sure doesn't help you much. But it sure makes bleeding the brakes an easy task.

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I'm new to this board and loving every minute here. Thank you to everyone for their posts, been researching ideas since deciding to get a project going. My new toy is a 65 SWB Stepper, she arrived home yesterday morning and by the next evening I went from assembled truck to partially disassembled. Pulled the bed, hood, and front fenders. Tomorrow, get the remainder of the front cap off, and gut the interior.

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You're sure not wasting any time getting started!!!! Great find by the way.

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Welcome to the forum. Nice looking truck. Hope you're taking lots of pictures!

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Thanks for the welcome and encouragement, and the truck was originally purchased here locally by the Public School System. I have the original Protect-O-Plate and bought the truck without an engine and someone had installed a TH350 tranny. Buying a 91 350 and plan on a 5 speed stick. A friend has a donor 84 for suspension, planning on swapping to the newer Diff and getting dropped springs for front and rear. Lots of pics are part of the process.

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I finished assembling my front suspension today - well with the exception of the calipers and ceramic pads. I bought a complete suspension out of an 85 C10 over a year ago, I took it to work, broke it down, steam cleaned it, pressed out the old lower ball joints & all the bushings, media blasted everything, painted it all, pressed in new Poly bushings & new lower ball joints (thank goodness we have a 100 ton press at work) I took the pieces back home for final reassembly, it's too hard to move in one piece. I added CPP 2 1/2" drop spindles & CPP 6 lug rotors, I used Raybestos Professional Grade Ball Joints, Moog standard rate springs & the control arm bushings are Energy Suspension pieces, the sway bar is 1 1/4" & came from a 1 ton 76 truck, all in all I've got over $1,000.00 wrapped up in this and I don't know when I'll get around to getting it all installed. Oh, I even made a little stand for the suspension saddle that just fits my floor jack so I can pick it up, move it around & jack it into place by myself. (In theory anyway)

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Nice progress. That's going to be a nice upgrade once it's in the truck. I had a similar stand under mine made of wood that allowed me to move it around with a jack. Certainly was convenient.

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Got this brake setup mocked up and hopefully will be installing it this weekend.

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Mark,
Thanks for the good words. I sure hope it rides well when done. Everything is new, even the bearings, spindle nuts, washers & dust caps. I'm hoping I'll be long dead and buried before it wears out and it will be someone eleses problem. (One of the grandkids LOL)